Orion

 

        Here is most of the constellation Orion which highlights the location of some beautiful nebula.  The left most of the 3 easily identified "belt stars" Alnitak is also home the the dark Horsehead Nebula nestled in a red emission nebula.  The Great Nebula of Orion is directly below in the "sword" area and the more faint and larger red emission nebula arching on the left is known as Barnard's Loop.

 
Optics Camera Film Exposure Mount/Guiding Scanning Processing Location Date
105mm f2.8 @ f4 Nikon F PPF 400

2 x 15 min.,

10 min. with diffusion filter

 G11 piggybacked on 10" SCT; unguided Minolta Scan Dual II Levels/Curves/linear gradient in PS7; Stacked in Registar; Grain reduction in Neat Image Inyokern, CA 1/24/04

Comments: Poor seeing.  Some thin high clouds coming and going.